Blind students inspire awareness during elementary school parade
Fairview Elementary School students got a lesson in acceptance just outside their classroom doors. They lined the halls Monday to cheer on blind schoolmates...
Two hurt, several vehicles damaged in GA 365 wreck near Lula
A rear-end wreck on GA 365 in Lula temporarily shut down the northbound lanes and sent two people to the hospital. The Wednesday afternoon...
Over 8,000 expected at tonight’s Habersham County E-911 Children’s Fun Fest
For 16 years, Lynn Smith and her team of E-911 dispatchers have tried to get Oscar Mayer to bring its famed Wienermobile to their...
No serious injuries in two-vehicle wreck north of Cleveland
No serious injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident Wednesday north of Cleveland.
Around 12:20 p.m. on October 18, a trooper from the Georgia State...
North Hall convenience store robbed at gunpoint, suspect remains at large
Hall County sheriff's investigators are searching for a suspect who robbed the Texaco Food Mart on Thompson Bridge Road in Murrayville.
The store clerk told...
Jefferson woman arrested in Hall County entering auto cases
Surveillance images posted to social media led to the arrest of an entering auto suspect in Hall County.
Crystal Lynn Cantrell, 37, of Jefferson, was...
Work underway on GA 365 at Mt. Zion Road RCUT
Contractors began installing the Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection (RCUT) at GA 365 and Mt. Zion Road in Alto this week. The intersection design will...
Eight residents displaced by Hall County mobile home fire
A residential fire in Hall County forced eight people, including four children, from their home Tuesday afternoon.
At approximately 4:25 p.m., Hall County Fire Rescue...
Commissioners reject request to lease house to county recreation director
In a 3-2 vote, the Habersham County Commission failed to approve leasing a house to the Parks and Recreation Director Brooke Whitmire. Commissioner Bruce...
Sautee man sentenced to 20 years for child exploitation
A judge handed down a 20-year sentence against a Sautee man who possessed thousands of child pornography images. A sentencing hearing was held Monday...
Homeless man’s body found floating in river
Athens-Clarke County police say no foul play is suspected in the death of a man whose body was found floating in the North Oconee...
Habersham County E-911 receives its first perfect GCIC audit
Habersham County E-911 and its staff recently received the agency’s first-ever perfect Georgia Crime Information Center audit. E-911 Director Lynn Smith credits Supervisor Terminal...